The Rowley Review

Isaac's 9th Birthday

2012-02-12T10:47:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my 1st baby is 9 years old already! I really feel like it was yesterday when we picked him up in Philadelphia. He made me a mom for the 1st time and I will forever be grateful to this little boy. He is so handsome, smart, creative, artistic, athletic, sweet, compassionate, and the most loving boy I could ever ask for. I love him so much and I hope I can always be the mom he deserves.
For a little while now Isaac has told me he wants a bearded dragon. I blame his 3rd grade teacher for this since she has one in the classroom. :) I told Isaac that he would have to earn the money to buy one for himself if he wanted one so badly. This usually takes a while since he has no real way to earn a lot of money but now he is starting to "get" it. He knows that when his birthday comes around he can ask for money and people will give that to him for his birthday. Well needless to say, he is about halfway there now so it is only a matter of time before he buys one. I thought I would try and get used to the idea by looking at them online and doing some research (like I always do) and found out they are pretty cool. I started looking at KSL to see how expensive they are and thats where I found an ad for a reptile show at a really affordable price. I called and they agreed to come all the way down to Nephi to do a show for Isaac's birthday party. He was so excited and invited all his friends. Here are the pictures from this fun day.

This is a bearded dragon. I got this shot right as it ate a cricket. You can even see the cricket's eyes. They are pretty cool.

This snake loved Isaac. He loved him so much he tried to wrap himself around his face! Isaac just laughed and thought is was funny.

So stinkin cute!

Isaac holding a tarantula with his best friend Mason. (seriously so brave! I wouldn't go near it)

The cupcakes I made for the party.

Isaac with the bearded dragon.

This is a live baby mouse that is about to be eaten by this snake. I have to say that I did feel bad about this one. I'm not a mice fan but this was a little baby and there's something about a baby mouse being eaten that wasn't appealing but....

as you can see, it was fast and it didn't suffer. (I hope)

He loved this party. I hope it is one that he will always remember.
I should say that the two little girls you see in one of the pictures did almost the entire show. All the animals were theirs and they knew so much information. I was really impressed.

Singing Happy Birthday

Mason holding the bearded dragon

All of Isaac's friends enjoying the huge snake!
What a great party!

Interviewing my kids....

2012-02-06T17:43:00.000-08:00

So I was on Pinterest (something that I am on everday) :) I saw this pin about how a mom interviews her kids every year to see what they say and how they change. I did this tonight and I have to admit it was pretty fun. It was also seriously funny. I hope I remember to do this again next year!

This is Isaac's Interview:
1. What does Mommy always say to you?
You gotta get your room done
2. What makes Mommy happy?

When I listen
3. What makes Mommy sad?
When I don’t listen.
4. How does Mommy make you laugh?
Tickle

5. What was Mommy like as a kid?
Nice, friendly, and awesome.
6. How old is Mommy?
34
7. How tall is Mommy?
A little tall
8. What is Mommy’s favorite thing to do?

Have lots of fun
9. What does Mommy do when you’re not around?
Sleep with Daddy (I would just like to say for the record... I think he's talking about sleep but I will accept both! :) )
10. What will Mommy be famous for?
Working at Junior High

11. What is Mommy really good at?
teaching
12. What does Mommy do for her job?
Teach kids
13. What is Mommy’s favorite food?
Texas Roadhouse
14. What cartoon character reminds you of Mommy?

The Grandma that owns tweety bird because she’s always taking care of him.
15. How are you and Mommy the same?
We both like to play and we both like to have fun. We both like animals.
16. How are we different?
You’re a grown up and you are the boss.
17. What is Mommy’s favorite place to go?

Pet shop
18. How do you know Mommy loves you?

She takes good care of me and she sings songs to me at night time. She makes me lunch and always leaves a note for me when I go on field trips that tell me that she loves me. ( I just want to say here that I have the best son in the world. When he said the last part he got all teary and started to cry and said, “it just makes me so happy.” I love this little

Here is Jaida's Interview Age 6:
19. What does Mommy always say to you?
Listen and obey.
20. What makes Mommy happy?
When you do your chores and when you do something that you’re not supposed to do that Mommy wasn’t expecting.

21. What makes Mommy sad?
When you don’t listen and obey and do what she says.
22. How does Mommy make you laugh?

When you tease me.
23. What was Mommy like as a kid?
Mommy had brown hair when she was little and she was really short.
24. How old is Mommy?
34
25. How tall is Mommy?
It looks like you’re 3 feet tall
26. What is Mommy’s favorite thing to do?
To just have fun everyday.

27. What does Mommy do when you’re not around?
She gets frightened, like so nervous and scared.
28. What will Mommy be famous for?

A rock star or if you get in the newspaper.

29. What is Mommy really good at?
She’s really good at playing memory.

30. What does Mommy do for her job?
Teach junior high
31. What is Mommy’s favorite food?
salad
32. What cartoon character reminds you of Mommy?
Fresh Beat Band because she has the same hair as you.

33. How are you and Mommy the same?
With our twinner boots and our hair is sort of the same color.
34. How are we different?
You have peach skin and I have brown skin. We are also wearing different color of shirts.
35. What is Mommy’s favorite place to go?
Dates with Daddy and your anniversary

36. How do you know Mommy loves you?

Because she tells me and she adopted me.

Here is Jenna's Interview Age 4:
37. What does Mommy always say to you?
I love you
38. What makes Mommy happy?
Giving you kisses.

39. What makes Mommy sad?
When I say I hate you and I don’t do the right things.
40. How does Mommy make you laugh?
Saying funny things

41. What was Mommy like as a kid?
She was like Jenna
42. How old is Mommy?
91
43. How tall is Mommy?
51 feet
44. What is Mommy’s favorite thing to do?
Play with Jenna

45. What does Mommy do when you’re not around?
Do her own things that she wants to do.
46. What will Mommy be famous for?
Putting on a beautiful dress and looking fancy

47. What is Mommy really good at?
Doing puzzles

48. What does Mommy do for her job?
She does a lot of things that are hard because she does hard work
49. What is Mommy’s favorite food?
Chicken noodle soup
50. What cartoon character reminds you of Mommy?
Spongebob squarepants because your head is kinda the same.

51. How are you and Mommy the same?
We have the same skin
52. How are we different?
We have different hair
53. What is Mommy’s favorite place to go?
Home sweet home

54. How do you know Mommy loves you?
Because she kisses me a lot.

Well I hope you laughed as much as I did and I hope this has opened your eyes to me as a mom. Apparently I'm a mix between a grandma and spongebob... go figure!

Jenna's 4th Birthday

2012-01-29T14:05:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that my baby just turned 4! She is one of those "lucky" kids who have their birthday right around Christmas time! December 27th is when my last miracle baby came into our lives! Our lives have never been the same and I love having our sweet, spunky, competitive, funny, sassy, tomboy, and princess in our home! I love you Jenna Sage :)

Jenna thanking Daddy for her new outfit and showing it off for the camera :)

Jenna got spoiled for her birthday. I think she thinks that her birthday is just Christmas but a couple days later. She gets spoiled in December that's for sure :)

We also had a Christmas party on her birthday with Luke's Dad, so that is where we sang to Jenna and had her blow out candles. She is such a cute girl and loved all the attention.

Christmas 2011

2012-01-29T13:42:00.000-08:00

This has been a crazy year for us. We had to move to Nephi in October because Luke got a police officer job there and they require that you live in the city. (Don't get me started on that law!) So we moved our family down here and I have to admit, its kind of a cute little town with some really nice people. I'm not saying I want to live here forever but for now its nice. We moved from a 3 bedroom 1 bath house to a 5 bedroom 3 bath house and we have so much space! Christmas was really fun this year because my kids were all at perfect ages! It was a new house, new school, and 1st Christmas in the house feel and it was awesome!

These were the letters that Isaac and Jaida left for Santa. I thought they were so cute I had to post the pictures. I love how sweet they are :)

What did Christmas Morning bring?....

We had a lot of happy kids and dare I say that Santa was exhausted! :) We were so blessed this Christmas and I think that next year I want to tone it down some and teach my kids the joy of serving others. I'm not saying Santa won't visit, I'm just saying I started to think about all my kids received and I started to think about how there are so many people in the world that go without that I may not go Black Friday shopping like I always do, I may not find "great" deals that I think my kids can't live without, I may serve more, create more, and find time to spend with the people who matter most. Remind me to read this post when November comes will you? :)

Jenna's New Haircut (not my idea!)

2012-01-29T10:45:00.001-08:00

Jenna is my spunky child who has always and I mean ALWAYS had a fascination with scissors! She has given herself a mullet at least 8 times in the past 2 years and I have just let them grow out. This time she has complete out done herself. She found scissors hidden in my bathroom drawer (all when I thought she was asleep) and decided to give herself a haircut. I have gotten so mad at her about cutting her bangs so she decided to leave those alone and just cut the rest of her hair!

This is her shortly before she cut her hair.

This is Jenna after she cut her hair. I promise the pictures do NOT do justice! Some parts of her hair were cut to her scalp! I went a little crazy to say the least!

I took her to a salon and then this is the hair she came home with! I have to admit it is a cute cut and I was a little upset about it because I wanted her to learn a lesson. I think she did though because she always talks about having her long hair back like Rapunzel. So here's to hoping she won't use scissors on her hair anymore! :)

Family Pictures 2011

2012-01-15T15:09:00.000-08:00

I know it has been FOREVER since my last post but I am trying to do better. We'll see how it goes :)
In November, we got our family pictures taken by Nikki Crandall. She is amazing and I love them. The kids did great and we got some really cute pictures.

I love this picture of Luke and I. He is such a great father and is working his butt off as a police officer. I really appreciate everything he does. I am constantly amazed by him. I am more in love with him everyday. It helps that he's hot! :)

My 8 year old (almost 9) handsome Isaac. I can't tell you how much I love this boy! I am incredibly blessed to have him in my life. He is so sweet and smart and talented. I just can't get enough of him!

Jaida is 6 years old and I am so proud of her! Not only is she gorgeous but she has the sweetest heart! She loves school (not so much her teacher) but she really wants to be successful. She already talks about college and gets disappointed in herself if she gets anything lower than 100%. I love her smile and even her little attitude!

Jenna is now 4 years old and I can't believe how time flies! She is so funny and I love her sense of humor. (She gets it from me :) ) She is my child who is attached to her mommy! She is also super competitive! She is my princess that loves to play in the mud. I love that about her!

I love my little family! I am so blessed.

Jaida: The Second Mommy

2010-05-22T10:44:00.000-07:00

Jaida is my right hand girl. I don't know what I'd do without her. She is a great helper and always knows exactly what is going on. She remembers everything and that can definitely work against us! She is also just a great little mommy! She helps me with Jenna and has since Jenna was born. When she plays with her dolls, I'm amazed at how great she is at holding them, feeding them, playing with them and even putting them in their blankets and taking them for walks. She is awesome and we love her so much! :)

FIRE POWER!

2010-05-22T10:37:00.000-07:00

Okay so, If you have ever seen Night at the Museum 2, you will know what this means. There is a part where the "Thinker" on the show is showing off his muscles and says, "Boom, Boom, FIRE POWER!" Well my kids think this is the funniest part of the movie and they all do this. I thought I would take a picture and document how cute they all are. I love being their mom! :)

Isaac with his "Fire Power" Pose

Our Cute Little....Girl???

2010-05-22T10:29:00.001-07:00

Every once in a while, Isaac decides that he wants a little brother so... he chooses to dress up Jenna as a boy. I have to admit that he does a good job and Jenna is a great sport and really loves all the attention she gets from her big brother. They really love each other and Jenna makes sure she pushes all of Isaac's buttons but most of the time he is great with her and loves being a big brother to Jaida and Jenna!

Our Pretty Little Jenna Sage

2010-04-10T10:54:00.001-07:00

I took these pictures of Jenna and I just love them! She is so cute. I can't believe how smart she is and she has this sense of humor at 2 years old that is just so funny. She keeps us all laughing and I really don't know what we'd do without our little Sage! :)

Her hair is all the way down her back. I can't believe how fast her hair grows. She is gorgeous.

Look at those big blue eyes! She got those from her Daddy! :)

What a sweet girl!

Jaida lost her 1st tooth!

2010-04-10T10:42:00.000-07:00

I really thought at 4 years old Jaida was to young to lose a tooth but I guess I was wrong. About 2 weeks ago I noticed that it was loose. She wouldn't let Luke pull it out for the longest time but several weeks later and a bribe of 2 pixie sticks and ice cream, out came her tooth! She looks so cute with a missing tooth! I hope the tooth fairy remembers to come tonight! ;)

Spring Break in St. George

2010-04-10T10:27:00.000-07:00

We decided we would go down to St. George for a few days during Spring Break this year. We had such a great time! It was so warm and the kids LOVED it! We had so much fun swimming in the pool, shopping, hiking, visiting family, and just relaxing. It was 80 degrees down there which was perfect. It was enough to give me my first sunburn. It felt great to escape for a few days and enjoy some warm weather!

Enjoying the hike in awesome weather!

Just me and my girls

Coloring Easter Eggs with Cousins!

2010-04-06T08:32:00.001-07:00

We had such a great time coloring eggs with cousins. Camille was here with her kids and everyone did their best job on their eggs. They ended up so cute and the kids were really proud of their eggs.

Madison was really good at not only decorating her own eggs but she decorated a few for Jenna as well.

Sweet Jenna loving the eggs she got. One even had her name on it.

Hayden decorated his egg with a ton of stickers. It turned out cute Hay! :)

Jaida with her green egg. What a cutie.

Oh Camille who decorated your egg and put, "Camille is a nerd!" That was so mean... who am I kidding that was me and I'm awesome! I guess you are a nerd Camille, I mean the eggs don't lie! ;)

Jaida woke up on Easter morning with little fever.Throughout the day it got progressively worse. By the time we were done decorating the eggs, she was one sick little girl. I felt so bad for her. I gave her some medicine and then I had her go and lay down...

in less than a minute she was asleep and she slept almost the rest of Easter. Poor little girl. She is feeling much better now. I do have to say even when she's sleeping, she looks so cute. :)

Easter 2010

2010-04-06T08:19:00.001-07:00

This is what the Easter Bunny left for our cute kids.

When the kids walked out, they were so excited to see what the Easter Bunny left.

Once they saw the stuff on the couch, they didn't waste any time running to the couch to see all their goodies.

Jenna didn't waste any time digging through her basket and eating most of her candy and trying on her new sunglasses.

Jaida with her sweet smile enjoying all her Easter stuff.

Isaac got a baseball glove, which was so good since he starts baseball soon. How does the Easter Bunny know this stuff??? :)

Feeding the ducks :)

2010-03-22T19:43:00.000-07:00

I don't know a better way to welcome the first day of spring then to feed the ducks. The kids love it and its fun to watch them get so excited to feed the ducks and then when the ducks get close, its also fun to see the excitement turn to nervous fear :) Isaac I think had more fun feeding the huge carp in the water more than the ducks and I seriously don't remember there being that much duck poop all over the last time we went but it was a fun little outing and the kids had a good time.

Jenna and her cheesy grin

My hot hubby and cute kids feeding the ducks

Sweet pose by Jaida. This is about how close she would get to the ducks "comfortably"

If you look at the water you will notice all the ripples- that's about a billion carp. I know I'm exagerating but seriously there were so many disgusting carp! :) Of course, Isaac loved every minute of feeding the carp not ducks :)

Quick picture of me and the girls; who refuse to actually look at the camera at the same time:) Oh well, at least I'm smiling :)

On a side note: Several years ago I think Isaac was probably a year and a half. We went to this same pond to feed the ducks and Isaac was so excited to see them. He got a little ahead of us and stepped in a little hole by the lake (I could see what was going to happen, it was like it was all happening in slow motion. I yelled at Luke to run to him as fast as he could...) anyway, he stepped in the hole, lost his shoe, and fell head first into the pond. About 1 second later Luke reached in the pond and pulled him out. He was crying and I think I was too. I was so scared but boy did he STINK! He smelled so bad. We took him to the car and took all his clothes off, changed his diaper and headed home. This was his first experience with ducks. We have told him the story many times and he laughs every time.

The Many Smiles of Jaida!

2010-03-21T18:06:00.000-07:00

Seriously- a smile from ear to ear :)

Not to mention GORGEOUS! (I even did her hair! :) )

Jaida has got to be one of the happiest little kids I have ever met. When she sleeps she has this sweet angelic look on her face. She goes to sleep happy and wakes up happy. Even when she is mad and throwing a fit, all you have to do is look and her and say, "Don't you smile! You better not smile at me!" She won't even be able to control it anymore, she will smile! I don't know what I would do without my right hand girl. She's always there to help me, make me laugh, smile, drive me crazy, find things when I can't, and genuinely make me and others who surround her happy. I love you Jaida!

I just couldn't help myself!

2010-03-21T18:00:00.000-07:00

I know that Jenna will someday be so mad at me for posting this but I couldn't help it! She looks so stinkin' cute. She took off her diaper and before we could put another one on her, she put Jaida's boots on. She looked so cute with her little butt and big boots on! What a funny little girl. She does keep us laughing :) We sure do love you!

Citizen of the Month!!

2010-03-21T17:55:00.001-07:00

Last month Isaac was nominated for citizen of the month at Cherry Creek Elementary. He was so proud and so were we! He got the award because his teacher told us, "he is so kind and caring and nice to everyone!" That has to make parents feel proud! He is such a great kid and I love seeing the person that he is becoming. I couldn't be more proud of my little citizen of the month! :)

The Power of the DS

2010-03-21T17:40:00.000-07:00

If anyone could be in love with a thing, it would be Isaac and his DS. He LOVES that thing. His friend Mason will come over quite often and they will "link" their DS's (or so Isaac tells me, I have no idea) and they will play for hours. I got them to pause long enough to smile for me and the camera. What cute boys :)

This is serious business!!

Quick Mason- hurry and smile for my mom so she'll stop bugging us!

Now back to business!

Lucky Number 7!!!

2010-02-07T16:16:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that Isaac is already 7 years old. I swear it was not that long ago when Luke and I went to Philadelphia to pick up this amazing little boy. Isaac made me a mom for the 1st time. No words can express what that feeling is actually like. I love being Isaac's mom. He is amazing and I'm so proud of him everyday. For his 7th birthday he got a bike. He really needed a new one so when we surprised him with one he was extremely happy. He had a little birthday party and loved having friends and cousins celebrate with him. I love you Isaac and I hope you will always know what you mean to us! :)

Isaac with his birthday bike

Friends and cousins getting ready to watch Isaac open his presents

I love the look on Isaac's face. He is excited and embarresed at the same time. He doesn't always love to be the center of attention but at the same time he does enjoy all the attention. He is such a cute boy.

It's "Officer" Rowley to You!

2010-01-24T17:15:00.000-08:00

Luke has now OFFICIALLY graduated and ready to be hired! (let's hope its very soon that he gets hired because if he wanted a sugar mama he shouldn't have picked a teacher! :) ) He did a great job and loved every second of the academy! I do have to say that he does look pretty sexy in uniform! He made some great friends at the academy (Jared Loftus and Jake Butterfield) and does miss hanging out with them every night. Now he's stuck at home every night with me and the kids. I do try to keep him happy though! ;) The pictures aren't the best quality but you do get the idea. I'm so proud of him and his dedication and commitment to completing the academy at the top of his class. He did a great job and will make a marvelous police officer! I love you Luke and am proud to be your wife!
Let's all pray for the surrounding cities of Springville to open for hiring officers soon because Luke is getting restless!

Dinosaur Museum

2010-01-24T16:56:00.001-08:00

Last weekend we went to Cabela's and the Dinosaur Museum with Matt, Camille, their kids (minus Mike) and my mom and dad. We had a great time. The kids loved all the dinosaurs but their favorite part was when they got to make their own islands in the sand and dig for dinosaur bones. We had a great time too. I made everyone smile for so many pictures and I love the one of Luke running away from the dinosaur... wait Luke aren't you supposed to be the protector since you are a big bad police officer now??? Oh well I guess we are all afraid of something. Jaida was extremely nervous of the shark so I had to get in the cousin picture just so she would be in it as well. We all had a great time!

Sledding with Cousins!

2010-01-24T16:42:00.001-08:00

Every year we go sledding at Jolley's Ranch with the cousins. We have such a great time but you would think that my mom and sister Camille would learn from all their previous years of sledding together that they are NOT supposed to go down on the same sled with each other! The first time, my mom had her feet in the snow the entire way down so by the time they reached the bottom, they looked like snowwomen! This year Camille told her to not put her feet down NO MATTER WHAT so they went down and we were watching them and as they got to the end of the run they went up the wall that is supposed to stop you and bring you back down but they had such great momentum that they went UP and OVER the hill and landed in rocks by the creek on the other side. We were all so surprised and we kept thinking that they would just pop up but I guess they decided to lay there for a minute. My brother-in-law Matt started running down the hill to see if they were ok. (I say this because I've actually never seen him run since I've known him) ;) They ended up being fine, had a few bumps and bruises but we sure did have a good laugh once we figured out they were fine.

We all had a great time sledding. It was so much fun and Luke got some pretty great pictures of everyone. I especially LOVE the picture of Maddy and Jaida, its the look of pure excitement and enjoyment!

Jenna's 2nd Birthday!

2010-01-24T16:27:00.001-08:00

I can't believe that my baby is now 2 years old! I feel like it was forever ago that I was pregnant but at the same time I feel like Jenna should still be a baby! She is so adorable and loved having a birthday party with her family, grandparents, and cousins! She was definitely spoiled. She received so many presents and also LOVED it when we all sang, "Happy Birthday" to her. She is one of my 3 miracle babies and we love her so much. She is full of life and is extremely smart and funny! She has been speaking full sentences since she was 13 months and even though she is tiny, she can keep up with her older siblings without any problems. We call her our, "Sweetly Rotten" girl because she is so sweet but boy can she be rotten when she wants to be. She is stubborn, head strong, knows what she wants, won't settle for anything but what she wants, gets into everything, eats crayons, colors on the walls, puts whole toilet paper rolls into the toilet, climbs onto the counters, ruins video tapes.... but she also tells you, "I love you very much", smiles, laughs, makes jokes, plays well with Jaida and Isaac, loves to be held, snuggles, and is just plain wonderful. We love you Jenna Sage! Thanks for letting us be your parents. :)

Christmas Fun!

2010-01-24T16:04:00.000-08:00

Its been a really long time since I last posted so I'm going to be posting A LOT of stuff. It's amazing how fast time flies. Its been 2 months since my last post so we will start with Christmas. It was SO much fun this year. My kids were at perfect ages. Isaac woke up first and came into our room at about 4:30am. We made him wait but it was Luke who at 5:15am started to really bug me about getting up and going out to see what Santa left for everyone! :) I have to admit, we were all really spoiled this year.

Luke got a lot of gun gear since he's going to be a police officer. He also got a few clothes, games, and movies.

I was surprised by Santa with a VERY nice camera... a Canon Rebel. I was in desperate need of a new camera but I thought Santa was on a tight budget this year but I guess he found a way to surprise even me! :) I can't post a picture of the camera but it is way nice and I love taking pictures with it!

Isaac wanted a DS and was so happy when he received it. He also got several Pokemon cards, games, and a new Razor scooter.

Jaida wanted a play kitchen, dress-up clothes, and a tea set. She got all of them and was surprised with a robe that she loved!

Jenna got a princess castle, littlest pet shops, games, and a big wheel.
We had an awesome Christmas! :)

Girls Photo Shoot

2009-11-21T15:14:00.000-08:00

A few Saturday's ago I decided to take pictures of Jaida, Jenna, and my niece Madison. They all love having their pictures taken and hanging out with each other so it was a perfect time to do it. They all loved the attention and we got some great pictures of them as well.

My two sweet girls. I love them so much.

All three girls. I love this picture too! What pretty girls.

Jaida is as full of life as she has ever been. I love her smile and she is my right hand girl. I can always count on her for a smile. Even if she gets mad, you just have to smile at her and she can't help but grin.

Madison is such a cute girl. Jaida and Jenna love having her come and play. She is so great to share her make up and nail polish with the girls and I love having her come down. She is turning into such an awesome young lady! :)

I LOVE this picture of Jenna. She is so cute and really keeps us smiling. She is by far my busiest kid but she sure can light up a room with her cute little personality!

Bear World!!!

2009-09-13T12:44:00.000-07:00

We went to Bear World in Idaho over Labor Day weekend and had so much FUN!!! We stayed in Idaho Falls for 2 nights. We saw the sights of Idaho Falls like the falls and the temple. When we went to Bear World, the kids were so excited to see the bears. I recommend it to everyone. They have an amusement park that is dedicated to kids who are about 8 and younger. Isaac and Jaida were able to go on all the rides and loved every second of it! They also have a petting zoo where the kids were able to just walk around and pet deer, pigs, chickens, and goats. Jenna wasn't afraid of any of the bears we saw there and we even got pretty close to them on the curators tour where we got to feed the bears bread and doughnuts but when we were in the petting zoo, her entire body shook the whole time. She was freaked out by the goats!!!! It was so sad but funny at the same time! :)

Isaac loved this fawn! He spent so much time just sitting by her and letting the fawn lick his hand. It was so cute!

He was able to feed the deer.

We were able to ride in an open truck and feed the bears at the park. It was amazing to get so close to the bears (safely) and see them approach the truck and beg for food. We would throw the food and they would love to catch it in their mouths!

Jenna even got extremely nervous around this little fawn. She wanted to pet it so bad and would but then she would pull away quickly and want you to stand up with her as soon as possible. This surprised us since she is our most courageous child!

These 2 pictures of Jaida are so great! She loved being able to pet the animals and her smile just lights up the pictures! She is gorgeous!

Isaac took this picture of Luke and I. I look like I'm 6 months pregnant so I'm not completely thrilled at the angle of it but he actually is really good at taking pictures!

Our cute kids at the falls in Idaho.

Idaho Falls is actually a really pretty place. The falls are gorgeous and they have a running/biking trail that people can use to go all the way around it!

The temple is so pretty sitting right along the Snake River. The kids wanted to keep going there just so they could look at the temple. We had such a good time! :)

Cabin Fever!

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Recently we went to our family's cabin in Fairview. The kids absolutely LOVE it! They had such a great time finding snail shells, throwing rocks in Fairview Lake, hanging out at the cabin, hiking, sleeping in the loft and really just having a great time. It was a short overnight trip for us but Luke and I loved being there with the kids and enjoying their childhood! :)

Jenna riding the "horse" tree and loving it!

Isaac riding the horse tree

Jaida riding the horse tree

Time Flies! I thought Jenna was 18 months old not 16! YIKES

I love this picture of Luke and the kids. He's such a great Dad and I feel very lucky to have him! :)

Celebrating Our Country's Independence!

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4th of July was so much fun at our house this year! We hung out most of the day with my family and had a BBQ. Once it got a little later we had all of the cousins throw the poppers and light sparklers. The kids had a great time and then once it got dark we lit the big stuff... yes the fountains, flowers, and smoke bombs that you buy off the shelves here in Utah. :) Good times.... Good times!

This is Jaida and her cousin Madison enjoying the 4th! Jaida loves Maddy and thinks they are the same age! :)

This is Isaac with a look of, "I'm not sure about these sparklers"

Here's Jenna with her sparkler! Take a look at that belly! :) I didn't think I put her in a belly shirt!

My nephew Harrison having a good time with the 4th!

My nephew Hayden was nervous about the fireworks and the sparklers. He was holding a sparkler in this picture but my brother Chris scared him and told him it was going to burn him so he threw it down and refused to touch another one. Poor kid! :)

Here is the poor sparkler on the ground after he threw it!

Family Pictures
Here we are all 5 siblings... we're not getting older are we?

I think the girls have gotten better looking with age! :)

Our beautiful mom and her girls!

Our whole Family! What a good lookin bunch :)

Isaac's Basketball

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We put Isaac into city basketball this year and he LOVES it! His skills are improving by leaps and bounds. He can dribble really well and loves to show off his new found abilities. Not to mention, he is so cute on the court!

One of Isaac coaches is Jimmy Watts. He was just put into Weber State's Hall of Fame. Isaac was really excited to have an African American coach.

Jaida's 4th Birthday!

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Jaida had a princess party and here are all the pretty princesses she invited. It was so much fun. We painted fingernails, toenails, made candy bracelets, princess crowns and each princess decorated their own cupcake! Jaida had a great time. She invited her friend Caitlin who lives across the street.... she's 16 and Jaida thinks she is a teenager so it made perfect sense to invite Caitlin. Of course Caitlin came which made Jaida's day!

This is what Jaida looked like when we surprised her with her birthday present.....
A NEW BIG GIRL BIKE!

Jaida and her new bike! What a great day we had! She is so great and I'm so happy to have a 4 year old girl!:)

Our Little Cheerleader!

2009-06-12T11:17:00.000-07:00

Jaida just finished her 2nd year as a little Red Devil Cheerleader! She loved it! She is a natural performer and loves to work the audience. She did a couple of cheers and then performed a dance. She was so cute! It was fun to watch.

A Perfect Cheerleader!

Jenna's Baby Contest Results

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We put Jenna in both the Springville and Provo Baby Contest this year. She placed 2nd in Springville and 2nd in Provo. We think she should've placed 1st! :) She did such a great job and dazzled the judges with her cute personality! She danced, gave high fives and knuckles, showed how many baby signs she knew and was just her beautiful Jenna Sage self! We love her and are so proud of her!

The Rowley Review

2009-05-31T16:01:00.000-07:00

Okay- so I'm trying to keep up with the rest of the world and try this whole blog thing. Everyone has to remember that I teach history so I deal very well with the past and well dead people! :) New technology is something I always have to play catch up on!

Luke and I have been married for 12 years! I can't believe it's been that long. He's amazing and I feel extremely blessed to have a man who is compassionate, giving, funny, awesome, and oh so HOT! We have had an awesome marriage so far and I can't wait for all the future adventures we'll have together. He's in police academy right now and will graduate in December. He's home all day with the kids which he LOVES (yes.. that was sarcastic!) He's making the best of it but can't wait for graduation and employment!

I just finished my 1st year of teaching junior high! I loved it! Most people are afraid of the junior high age but I love it! My personality fits perfectly with theirs... maybe it's because I'm just as mature! :) I love volleyball and play every year for the city. I like shopping, hanging out with my family and friends and laughing!

Isaac is 6 and is going into 1st grade! I'm amazed at how fast time flies! In his kindergarten class he was voted, "Most Kind" and I completely agree. He's the sweetest little boy and never wants to hurt anybody's feelings. He's an amazing builder and loves to construct planes with his legos. He recently built a scooter with his K'nex which was awesome! I love him!

Jaida is almost 4 and is honestly one of my best friends! She never misses a beat and her smile is contagious! I recently asked her to brush her teeth and 30 seconds later I went back to check on her and saw her in the hall with a bleeding leg. When I asked what happened she replied with, "well I am almost 4!" I replied with, "what does that have to do with your leg?" She said, "Well, I'm shaving now!" That is my Jaida and I love her!

Jenna is 17 months and is the cutest thing! This is what saves her because she is the tazmanian devil! She is into everything and anything! She can destroy a room in seconds and she has attitude but we could never live without our little miracle. She is funny and loves to make people laugh. She's friendly and will say hi to anyone. She looks like her daddy and has my personality. Her legs are about 6 inches long... not really but they are little and are soooo cute when she runs! She's a doll and we love her!

Well I think that's it for now. I will post more later!